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Japan Introduces Cash-Back Rewards In Response To Tax Hike

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Japan has introduced a system of cash-back rewards points in response to increasing the consumption tax from 8 percent to 10 percent. The new system — which rebates the tax increase in some stores when paying with a card rather than cash — will run until June 2020. While there were some system problems reported on Tuesday (Oct.

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Tax Season Helps Green Dot to Beat Q1 Revenue Estimates

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Direct deposits, new products and tax refunds helped Green Dot beat revenue expectations for the first quarter of 2018. A “material contributor” to growth in the first quarter included the new branded prepaid card for TurboTax customers, CEO Steve Streit said on the post-earnings conference call Wednesday. The company processed 8.75

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In Australia, Card (And Other Payments) Fraud Is Big Business

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That fraud spans, among other methods, misuse of government credit cards and procurement payments, reported itnews.com. And when it comes to external fraud, 95 percent of external fraud can be traced to “one large entity” focused on payment card fraud. intentionally caused” the United States a tax loss of more than $1 million.

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Travelport Hotelzon Eyes Hotel V-Card Acceptance

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While virtual cards (v-cards) can offer a secure and efficient way for businesses to pay travel suppliers, some industry players have highlighted a key pain point for the payment rail: For suppliers accepting v-cards , they still have to manually enter payment data. New reports on Tuesday (Sept.

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Interest, Auto Lending And Credit Cards Boost Capital One’s Q1

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Capital One logged stronger than expected results when it posted its earnings yesterday — the growth was driven largely by rising interest rates and an uptick in its largest lending categories, cars and cards. Supply of card credit is on the high side, although it has settled out a bit. billion from a year earlier. What’s Next.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

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states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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CFPB 2014 complaints report shows large increase in debt collection and credit reporting complaints

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The CFPB’s Consumer Response Annual Report analyzing complaints handled in 2014 indicates that volume rose 53% from 163,700 complaints in 2013 to 250,200 in 2014. Also, while in 2013 the CFPB received the most complaints about mortgages, it received substantially more complaints in 2014 about debt collection than mortgages.

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